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Quick update, heading into Sunday, the day I draw the line each week.
On Monday, I made a healthy £30.50, but things got a bit choppy as the week wore on.....
Tuesday was one of those all too predictable bad nights, when I knocked it in a treat. The result was a nasty £47.20 loss. When you lose all 3 @ £11 & the only one at £!6.50, as well as 6 from 10 @ £5.50, a sub £50 loss is almost a good result.
£2.25, P2 W2, L0
£3.30, P14, W10, L4
£5.50, P10, W4, L6
£11, P3, W0, L3
£16.50, P1, W0, L1
Wednesday I got home late from Leeds, & then my PC decided to do an Update.
Thought it would take 5 minutes, but as succession of messages follows.....
This may take a while
Soon be done
Nearly done
Almost complete
Now complete - installation will follow
Just checking a few things, then you'll be good to go
Almost ready now.....
And so it continued. For an hour.
It was the last night of the Premiership week, too, & I was hanging on grimly to the £25 spot, so it was a tad frustrating.
With the very late start, I only managed 17 games (& lost £18.75 getting there) so that did not bode well for the Premiership leaderboard. So, I decided to play a bit of cash, & fired up 3 x £0.10 - £0.20 PLO cash tables. That worked out well, as I made £19.26, covering my DYM losses for the session, & also I managed to hold onto the £25 spot in the Premiership, so that was quite a result really.
The cash was weird, I did not know any of the players & so had no notes, so I sat quietly for 20 mins or so & watched tricks. With just 3 tables, I could focus well, too. Once I found my feet, & worked out ranges, I felt quite comfy. One guy was sat at all 3 tables & had the lot, they were 10-20p tables, so max pull up £20, & he had £259 on one table,. & over £100 on the other two. His name was the rather puntastic MrBlewPie, might have been Jeff Lynne. Had a Dublin field address iirc. Seemed a nice chap, too, we chatted a bit & he seemed gracious to everyone. I would happily have played PLO Spin Up Tables, but there was no traffic. The cash session deffo helped me hold onto the Prem £25. Might try it again when they have Rewards Accelerator going & I'm short of points.
Eventually, the tables broke, leaving me heads up v him on all 3 tables. I don't table select as a rule, but I just felt he might be a bit too hot for me HU, so I wished him goodnight, & he said thanks for the game. Lovely chap.
£2.25 P1, W0, L1
£3.30, P10, W6, L4
£5.50, P4, W1, L3
£11, P1, W1, L0
£16.50, P1, W0, L1
So the DYM's cost me £18.85, but I won £19.26 @ cash, & then, the next morning, I found I had hung on to the £25 spot on the Prem Leaderboard.
Not so bad then.
Clawed back £20.35 on Thursday.
£2.25, P3, W0, L3
£3.30, P18, W13, L5
£5.50, P8, W5, L3
£11, P1, W0, L1
£16.50, P1, W1, L0
Just a short session on Friday, as I needed to quit by 8pm, as Gill was coming down for the weekend.
Had a great session & won £31.30 from just 14 games, which is a great win-rate. The profit came from winning both £16.50 games.
£2.25, P2, W1, L1
£3.30, P4, W2, L2
£5.50, P4, W3, L1
£11, P2, W1, L1
£16.50, P2, W2, L0
The topsy-turvy week continued on Saturday, another short session, but I gave up most of Friday's profits with a £24.30 loss.
£3.30, P11, W6, L5
£5.50, P5, W3, L2
£11, P1, W0, L1
£16.50, P1, W0, L1
So I head into Sunday with the balance £38 higher than it opened on Monday. If I can hold onto most of that, I'll be well pleased. Should make around £8 in Rewards money, too, so that's a bit of insurance against a bad night.
Enjoy your Sunday.
If my friend Nick (pompeynic) should read this, or if anyone is on Facebook with him, he has a PM from me.
Sorry, but I've not received that message.
I don't NEED a reply though. It'd be nice, of course it would, but don't worry about replying.
See you soon mate, & have a great weekend.
That's a grand post, & great news, I could not be more delighted.
Variance is such a powerful thing, & it affects us all. But the better players generally survive, & the results eventually come. For the record, I saw almost every one of those bad beats, as we play pretty much the same games, but you never once complained or pointed your finger at software, idiot plays, the weather or whatever.
I guess I probably inflicted a few, too, but they would all have been standard "play themselves" spots. Given equal stacks & no pressure from the blinds, if you & I get the lot in pre, we can pretty much forecast each other's hands, & they'll mostly be standard flips.
I don't generally sympathise with folks who take bad beats. They are part of poker, we need to get used to it.
That last one you took though was just horrible. The villain had 7,000 chips & was locked, he could not lose. Think he raised into you with 7-6-6-5 or similar, & you had the goods, but he somehow got there.
He's entitled to mess about, of course, & we want him to in some ways. Makes no sense to me though, it just does not. If I have 7,000 chips 4 handed, I leave the 3 shorties to sort it out amongst themselves, unless I have a super premium. It seems rather vindictive to chase the shorties around, & Karma is always watching us. Next game we might be the shortie.
And here's the thing - after he bust you in such an ugly manner, he appeared contrite, "ouch, very very sorry Nick". Well if he feels that way, why even play the hand in the first place?
Anyway, chuffed to bits you had a nice cash from the Sunday Major. You'll be fine once Miss Variance is in a better mood.
^^^^
Wowzer.
You won it, & got £1,582?
SCOOPIO
That perks up the account balance nicely, eh?
It's amazing, isn't it, how variance messes about with us. But if we are good enough, it all squares up eventually.
Great stuff, chuffed to bits. Withdraw a lump & buy a few treats.
PS - Guess we'll see you on the PL08 Tables this weekend, then. I'll try to avoid any of that "ugly stuff".......
This hand was on the final table of the £5.50 plo8 MTT, I'm 3rd in chips I think with two small stacks one of whom is literally fumes (less than 3x BB). So 6 left and 5 get paid.
Mid position flats pre so I see a free flop. I think I'm doomed from that point on, here's how it plays out
Flopped the nuts, no low possible, still have the nuts on the turn and get all my stack in the middle. Matey has top set and rivers FH.
My question is should I have played this differently and been able to get away on a paired/flushing river? I'm trying to win the tourney after all but just a bit of a sickener as I'm sure I would have folded to the cash had I not been allowed to flop the nuts.
Hand History #1085740711 (22:40 06/10/2016)